What the government doesn't want you to know about the NSA!

Why was the government unable to prevent 9/11? According to James Bamford, incompetence and in-fighting among the NSA, FBI, and CIA, resulted in the 9/11 tragedies. Find out what NSA been doing since.

James Bamford is an American bestselling author and journalist who writes about United States intelligence agencies. He was raised in Massachusetts, spent three years in the United States Navy as an intelligence analyst during the Vietnam War, and used the GI Bill to earn his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

Scott Horton Interviews James Bamford
Click here to download or listen to mp3 Duration about 50 min.

Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

From October 2008, Rev. Billy visited Sacramento, CA.
The Church of Stop Shopping is an activist performance group based in New York City, led by Reverend Billy, the stage name of Bill Talen. Using the form of a revival meeting, on sidewalks and in chain stores, Reverend Billy and his gospel choir exhort consumers to abandon the products of large corporations and mass media; the group also preaches a broader message of economic justice, environmental protection, and anti-militarism, protesting sweatshops and the Iraq War. Though it continues its street theatre activities, the Church has also appeared on stage and has toured internationally.

Also an excerpt from Destined for Destiny, the unauthorized autobiography of George W. Bush, which is about 24 minutes. Later from Grateful Dead, a short excerpt from "US Blues".

Click here to download or listen to mp3 Total Duration 1:06:39.



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The Tyranny of Oil

In October 2008, Antonia Juhasz visited Davis and Sacramento, CA. She discusses her latest book, "The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do To Stop It"







Her book answers the questions:

• Why did oil and gasoline prices rise (and fall) so quickly?


• Where will prices go in the future?


• Who’s really controlling those prices?


• How much oil is left?


• How far will Big Oil go to get it?


• And at what cost to the economy, environment, human rights, worker safety, public health, democracy, and America’s place in the world?

Antonia Juhasz, an analyst with Oil Change International, a watchdog group, is the author of “The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.”
Click here to download or listen to mp3 Duration 1:02:18.



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How the War on Terror Turned into A War on American Values

From UC TV, Harry Kreisler interviews Jane Mayer.

In her book, "The Dark Side", she explains how, under the direction of Vice President Cheney and his Assistant David Addington, the Bush administration, contrary to American history and tradition, implemented a policy of torture and rendition in violation of U.S. and international law. She also describes the resistance within the government and the military to these actions.

Jane Mayer is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 1995. In recent years, she has written extensive articles for that publication on Dick Cheney, the bin Laden family, and the US government's controversial policy of extraordinary rendition. About 56 min.

Click here to download or listen to mp3 Total Duration 1:46:39.


An excerpt from "Destined for Destiny: The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush." About 22 min.
Also an excerpt from Dana Milbank's book, "The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government, Homo Politicus." About 27 min.

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